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Abstract. Dysmenorrhea is a physical disorder in the form of abdominal pain before and during menstruation that occurs without signs of infection or pelvic disease. The factor that affects dysmenorrhea is nutritional status. In this case, dysmenorrhea degree, especially in young women still occur. Good nutritional status in female teenager can reduce the dysmenorrhea degree. The aim of this study was to identify the correlation of nutritional status with dysmenorrhea degree on female teenager in junior high school PGRI 5 Denpasar. This study employed correlation analytical with cross sectional design and conducted on March, 12th – April, 12th 2019. The population in this study was female teenagers in eight grade student junior high school PGRI 5 Denpasar with a total sample of 151 respondents. The sample were selected by using simple random sampling and stratified sampling. The self-completed questionnaire was employed as the method. The data were collected by using questionnaire and analyzed by using Spearman Rho test. Statistic test showed that the significant positif minimum correlation between nutritional status with dysmenorrhea degree on female teenager (p value <0,05). The conclusion of this study is the better nutritional status in female teenagers, the lower the degree of dysmenorrhoea felt by them. It is recommended to female teenager to maintain good nutritional status to reduce pain during menstruation.